Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: cohesion
IPA transcription: [koʊh'iʒən]
Pronunciations of cohesion
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness
    Meaning: the state of cohering or sticking together
Usage examples
  • Cohesion of solid parts and Impulse, the primary ideas peculiar to Body.
  • Attach shot by means of wax to the whirling earth model, Fig. 110, and at a certain speed the cohesion of the wax cannot hold them, so they fly off.
  • The primary ideas we have PECULIAR TO BODY, as contradistinguished to spirit, are the COHESION OF SOLID, AND CONSEQUENTLY SEPARABLE, PARTS, and a POWER OF COMMUNICATING MOTION BY IMPULSE.
  • Where the causes are entirely similar, the analogy is perfect, and the inference, drawn from it, is regarded as certain and conclusive: nor does any man ever entertain a doubt, where he sees a piece of iron, that it will have weight and cohesion of parts; as in all other instances, which have ever fallen under his observation.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Pierre Trudeau, License CC BY-SA 4.0